typecast

  1. Verb.  To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
  2. Verb.  To identify someone as being of a specific type because of their appearance, colour, religion etc.
  3. Verb.  (computing, programming) To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).

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